River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24

The social Purity meeting held in
the Congregational church, Sunday
eve. in the interests of the White
Cross movement and the work of the
w. @. L. U. in connection with the
same. The singing of the choir was
good and very appropriate, and the
words of the songs went ringing
through our hearts and ENCOURAGING
us to work on ''all along the line.
| DIR. Ashley in few remarks re-
ferred to the branch just organized in
our city, of which he was the hon
ored president, and gave an earnest
Invitation to all young men to join
them in this good work, and spoke of
the literature to be distributed urging
all who received the leaflets to ''read
and think of what they read" DIR.
Parsons followed with some earnest
ringing remarks on the grand thought
of such an Army in our midst, pledged
to the protection of womanhood frcn
wrong and degradation.
The thanks of the w. @. T. u. are
| due to all the brothers who so readily
gave thought and help to the further
ance of this good work.
Nothing and Something.
cts nothing to me" the maiden said
With a carless toss Of her knowing head;
The man is weak If he can't refrain
From the cup you say is wrought with pain.
1t was something to her in after years.
When her eyes were drenched with burning tears
And she watches in lonely grief and dread
And started to hear staggering tread.
"It's nothing TO me, /" the mother said;
II have no fear that my boy will tread
The downward path of sin and shame.
And crush my heart and darken his name"
1t was something to her when her only son
From the path of right was early won,
And madly cast in the flowing bowl
A ruined body ana a shipwreeked soul
'Its nothing to me, the merchant said,
AS over the ledger he bent his head;
81 am busy to-day with care and tret,
And have no time to fume and fret"
1t lvas something to him when over the wire.
A message came from a funeral pyre
A drunken conductor had wrecked train.
And his wife and child were among the slain.
Its nothing to me- the young man cried;
In his eye was a fash of scOrn and pride
II heed not the dreadful things you tell
can rule myself know full we'll"
1t vas something to him when IN prison he lay.
The victim of drink life ebbing away,
AS he thought of his wretched child and wife,
And the mournful wreck of his wasted life.
at is nothing TO me-" the voter said,
1.-THE parties loss is my greatest dread"
Then he gave his vote for the liquor trade
Though hearts were crushed and drunkarde
made.
It was something to him in after life
When his daughter became drunkards wife
And her hungry children cried for bread,
And trembled TO hear the fathers tread.
Is it nothing TO us to idly sleep
While the cohorts of death their vigils keep;
Alluring the young and thoughtless in
And grind in our midst the grist of sin?
It is something-yes all for US to stand,
And clasp by faith our SayiOr's hand
To learn to labor, live and fight
On the side of God and changeless right
-lSiseeted.
The 'Social Purity department CO.
operating with the White Cross of
which Mrs. H. L. Pearce is Superin-
tendent and Mrs. J. E. Rhoades asso-
ciate, will continue the work and under
the White Shield Banner. White
Cross, White Shield literature, pledges
and pledge cards can be obtained
through the representative of the
Woman's Temperance Publication AS
ISOLATION, Mrs. j. E. Rhoades.
No Submission in Nebraska.--The
veto resulted in 40 noes-44. Only IL
votes were needed to make 1t a consti-
tutional majority. If this is a gov
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people why cannot the
people vote on this or any other
amendment to the constitution! We
ask for reliable information.
Here Is forcible saying of DR..
Herrick Johnson, of Chicago, on the
inconsistency and wickedness of the
| license system:
"A pastor Of one of OR churches
advocates the license law ana votes
for it. A prominent officer of his
church is a member of the legislature
that passes the law and he aids the
passage. Another member of the
same church is mayor of the city and
gives under his own hand the formal
license to keep saloon for one year.
Pastor, officer and church member
declare in the actually existing circum-
stances it is right to license. But it
| happens, (why shouldn't it happenl
If it is right to license it is right to be
licensed. If it is right to authorize
man to keep saloon it is right TO
keep It'll that the man of good moral
character, who applied for the license,
is also member of the same church.
What happens nOwl Why, this pastor,
officer and member proceed to expel
the aloon-keeper from the church.
They as Christians excommunicate
the man for doing what they as citi
zens have distinctly authorized him to
do. = Oshkosh Signal.